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IE9 ads launch prematurely

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11/03/2011

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Dynagen

I was just reading an article on Cnet when a new IE9 banner ad popped up. I showed how to pin a site in three easy steps. A big number 1 came up, then an outline of IE9 with a website loaded. Step 2 was dragging the site’s favicon to the Windows 7 taskbar. Finally a 3 appeared and it showed how you can go straight to that site from the taskbar.

The banner as then finished as seen below.

I clicked on the ad and found that the site gave a 404 error. I imagine that with this error and the fact that IE9 hasn’t even been launched yet that this ad was launched prematurely. I have refreshed the page repeatedly and I have not seen the ad a second time.

The ad had the same look at the ads for the beta. I think it advertised the pinning feature of IE9 rather well and I would be interested to know what other ads Microsoft have lined up for the launch of IE9.

Have you seen any new IE9 ads on the net today?

http://www.windowsobserver.com/2011/03/12/winobs-tweeted-links-for-11-march-2011/ @WinObs Tweeted Links for 11 March 2011 | WindowsObserver.com

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Shawn

I see the ads a lot. i saw it on the rotten tomatoes site so i decided to just do it. worked for me.

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